Baldwin DS-4-4-660
The Baldwin DS-4-4-660 was a four-axle 660 horsepower (490 kW) diesel-electric switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works at it Eddystone, Pennsylvania factory between 1946 and 1949. It replaced the 660 horsepower (490 kW) VO-660 in their catalog, and was in turn replaced by the 750 horsepower (560 kW) DS-4-4-750. It was the low power companion to Baldwin's DS-4-4-1000 models.
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A very rusty Baldwin DS-4-4-660 locomotive sits next to the NS main in Roanoke, VA. This is one of "The Lost Engines of Roanoke" and is Chesapeake Western #663. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original owners
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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American Cyanamid Company | |||
American Rolling Mill Company | |||
Chesapeake Western Railway | |||
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (“Omaha Road”) | |||
Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
Crows Nest Pass Coal | |||
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad | |||
Erie Railroad | |||
Georgia Northern Railway | |||
Long Island Rail Road | |||
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad | |||
Norfolk Southern Railway | |||
Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad | |||
Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR Class BS-6a | ||
Sloss-Sheffield Steel | |||
Tennessee Valley Authority | |||
Wabash Railroad | |||
Wyandotte Southern Railroad | |||
Wyandotte Terminal Railroad | |||
Total | |||
References
- Dorin, Patrick C. (1972). Chicago and North Western Power. Burbank, California: Superior Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 0-87564-715-4.
- Kirkland, John F. (November 1994). The Diesel Builders volume 3: Baldwin Locomotive Works. Pasadena, California: Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-93-9.
- Pinkpank, Jerry A (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter’s Guide. Kalmbach Books. pp. 282, 287. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
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